Apple Script Help - Opening a URL in google when found within search results

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Apple Script Help - Opening a URL in google when found within search results

Hello-

I'm a newby to apple scripts - what I need is to open safari and search for a specific term. In this case I'm using "Get Fit Harford". When I find my url "http://www.getfitharford.com" within the google results, I need the script to open that page, and repeat the process for the next term.

Here's what I have now:

tell application "Safari"

open location "http://www.google.com/#hl=en&sclient=psy-ab&q=get+fit+bootcamp+harford&oq=get+fi t+bootcamp+harford&"

end tell

Any help is appreciated.

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4), 8 GB Ram

Posted on Jul 19, 2012 7:13 AM

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Answer 1

adayzdone

Level 2

150 points

Jul 19, 2012 7:58 AM in response to ryanblankenship

This should give you something to start with. I don't have any suggestions on how to find your url amongst the search results, it seems like there are still things you need people for 😉 .

set searchList to {"Get Fit Harford", "search 2", "search 3"}

tell application "Safari"

activate

repeat with aSearch in searchList

search the web for aSearch in current tab of front window

-- find your url

end repeat

end tell

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Answer 2

Camelot

Level 9

58,299 points

Jul 19, 2012 10:11 AM in response to ryanblankenship

You do realize that Google track this kind of activity and will degrade your page rank based on the number of false click-throughs, right?

So rather than increasing your page rank, which is presumably what you're aiming for here, this will decrease it.

Just sayin'

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Answer 3

adayzdone

Level 2

150 points

Jul 19, 2012 11:04 AM in response to Camelot

Ha ... that workflow makes a lot more sense now.

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Answer 4

Jul 19, 2012 11:16 AM in response to adayzdone

Yes, I understand that. Not planning on using this as a repetitive thing. A script I can give to a few of our guys around the country to run once or twice a week. I've been down the "outsmarting google" road before. They don't necessarily penalize you, but your rankings go up falsely, and they catch it and eventually bring it back to where it belongs.

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